Jeremy Taylor
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Teacher In Hot Water After Facebook Photo Surfaces of Students With Mouths Duct-Taped Shut
It's a Facebook photo middle school math teacher Melissa Cairns wished she never posted. The snap, which has since been removed from her page, showed several of her students with duct tape over their mouth. "Finally found a way to get them to be quiet!!!," read the caption.
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Braying Getaway Donkey Foils Robbery
Three thieves wanted to knock over a small shop in the Columbian village of Juan de Acosta. For their getaway, they enlisted the services of a donkey.
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Bacon Taco Shells Makes For a Delicious Heart Attack
A restaurant has finally pulled off what bacon lovers have long been trying to create in their home test kitchens.
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Original Batmobile Auctioned Off For Record $4.6 Million
In 1965 George Barris bought a 1955 Lincoln Futura for one dollar. He just auctioned it off for $4.6 million.
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See the Cast of ‘Sixteen Candles’ Then And Now
The 1984 coming of age comedy ‘Sixteen Candles’ was the first movie directed by John Hughes, who had already made a name for himself writing screenplays for movies such as ‘Mr. Mom’ and ‘Vacation’
Among its young stars were Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall, both of whom became regular John Hughes players, and were a part of a group of actors that became known as the ‘Brat Pack.’
See what all the young stars of ‘Sixteen Candles’ are up to now.
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Honest Cover Letter Charms Wall Street
Summer internships on Wall Street can be difficult to snag, especially if you aren't related to one of the firm's senior executives.
But as an unnamed college student has proved, the really honest approach to job seeking can also work. His cover letter, in which he admits he has "no unbelievably special skills or genius eccentricities" and says he "no qualms about fetching coffee, shining shoes or picking up laundry," was immediately passed around the boutique investment bank he had applied, where it was praised as an instant classic.
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Dad to Buy Daughters Puppy After They Get One Million Facebook Likes In A Day
It's a scenario which has played out in countless homes over the years. The kids want a puppy, but the dad isn't so sure it's a good idea.
But when the Cordell girls, Cadence, 12, and Emerson, 9, went to their father Ryan with their canine request, he added a social media clause -- he would get his daughters a dog if they could get one million likes on Facebook.
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Teacher With Fear of Children Fighting Forced Retirement
Language teacher Maria C. Waltherr-Willard suffers from pedophobia, which means she is afraid of young children. When the 61-year-old is in the presence of the little tykes she experiences symptoms which include anxiety, chest pains and vomiting.
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New Girl Scout Cookie Mango Creme Is ‘Vitamin Enhanced’
When those sugar peddlers in green sashes come to your door this Girl Scout cookie season there will be a new treat on the menu.
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White House Rejects Petition to Build Death Star
The White House's 'We The People' website, which allows citizens to petition the Obama administration to take action on issues facing the nation, has been in the news a lot lately.
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Man Crashes Car Into Pizzeria, Orders Pizza
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And when life steers your car straight into a pizzeria, you order a large pie.
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New Electronic Fork Will Nag You Into Eating Properly
Nobody likes a nag, but then again, nobody likes it when their stomach is so round that they've run out of holes on their belt.